Eddy currents: Contactless measurement of electrical resistivity

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 375-379

  Kraftmakher, Yaakov ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 0034411759     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.19440     Document Type: Article

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